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Anglia: The Cradle of England at the Baltic Sea
For the English visiting the territory of Anglia, in the northeast of the Flensburg/Schleswig region, seems to be a kind of a trip back to their past: In the year 500 AD a part of the Germanic Anglii tribe decided to migrate from their homeland, today’s Anglia region, across the Norh Sea towards England, willing to settle down there. The reason for migration might have been the fear of the wars and corrosion in Continental Europe at that time, and the chance to get away from it all and start a new life. Anyway, a part of the Anglian folk actually settled down in England, the birth of the later name “England”.
On one hand archaeological records have been proven the Anglian origin of today’s residents of East Anglia, Mercia and Northumberland. Respectively two to a large extend identical so called “Longships” of the Scandinavian Nydam type, one found in Sundewitt (South -Denmark), a little bit north of Anglia, and the other found in Sutton Hoo in East Anglia (UK) give proof of it. Both, the Sutton Hoo ship and Nydam ship, chronologically correspond as well.
On the other hand former Anglian toponymy endings, like –ing in for example the Anglian names Winning and Fuesing, entered English toponymy’s back then, in this case as the frequently to find ending –ingas in the above mentioned English districts. A lot of today’s English toponymy’s give an impression of the typical Anglian landscape, characterized by the green and gentle hilly Anglian countryside, both cut and decorated by so called “Knicks”, similar to English hedges and stone walls, surrounding the City of Flensburg. By no accident the relation of names is still easy to mention!
Everywhere in Anglia and its neighbourhood, the region Flensburg/Schleswig, visitors get a warm welcome around-the-clock, opened with the words: "Moin, Moin!" Off the beaten track of mass tourism one can experience and enjoy the nativeness and charme of Anglia, sometimes calm and romantic, some other time dishevelled by the storm.
Anglia’s manifold water landscapes, whether rivers, lakes or firths or the open sea, invite for sparkling, maritime leisure activities, idyllic walks and bicycle tours. Additionally a rich variety of international sailing regattas, maritime harbour festivals and a well-known music festival were taking place, assuring a high level of entertainment. Of cause, a trip over the border to the near Denmark or a visit of the well-known Vikings Museum in Haithabu would also be worthwhile. The vacation will as well be sweetened by the friendliness and hospitality of the hosts, regardless of the type of accommodation, hotels, apartments, boarding houses or private bed & breakfast - accompanied by typical Anglian food delights, like fresh seafood in a restaurant or fresh baked cake in a farm café.
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